Machiavelli bibliography

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  • Berlin, Isaiah. 1971. The Question of Machiavelli. The New York Review of Books, Vol. 17, No. 7. (November 4 issue). Link.
  • John Langton. 1987. Machiavelli's Paradox: Trapping or Teaching the Prince. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 81, No. 4., pp. 1277-1288. Link.
  • Timothy J. Lukes. 2001. Lionizing Machiavelli. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 95, No. 3., pp. 561-575. Link.
Abstract: Machiavelli scholarship is prolific but claustrophobic. Even though chapter 18 of The Prince advises the aspiring leader to emulate both lion and fox, commentators ignore or devalue the lion and focus on the fox. Machiavelli is thereby depicted as a champion of cleverness and deception, and not much else. This article takes up the lion. It argues that Machiavelli's lion is not a simple and violent beast, but is rather a complex tutor that complements clinical and lonely foxiness with crucial injections of virility and community.
  • John Leonard. 1984. Public versus Private Claims: Machiavellianism from Another Perspective. Political Theory, Vol. 12, No. 4., pp. 491-506. Link.
  • Ingersoll, David E. 1968. “The Constant Prince: Private Interests and Public Goals in Machiavelli.” The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 588-596. Link.
  • Skinner, Quentin. 2000. Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library catalog.
A short introduction to Machiavelli by one of the foremost scholars of the period.
  • Strauss, Leo. 1958. Thoughts on Machiavelli. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press. Library catalog.
A book that argued the case for Machiavelli as a "teacher of evil." Chapter II is available as an article, "Machiavelli's Intention: The Prince," in the American Political Science Review, 51(1):13-40. Link.
  • Viroli, Maurizio. 1998. Machiavelli. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library catalog.
Argues the case for a "Republican" Machiavelli, concerned with the liberty of the city and hating tyranny in all forms.
  • Wolin, Sheldon. Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapter 7 contains an influential interpretation of Machiavelli as the originator of an idea about the "economy of violence": see here; see also Library catalog.